Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-12
WANTS.
Local News.

yertiSement.
Water by the carload at the
Cash Grocery House.
Do not fail to attend the musical
and literary entertainment at the opera
house on Friday evening.
J. ID. Martin Il Co. are improving
the buildings in their lumber yard
They report good trade.
Lightning struck the southwest cor
of G. II. Moffett's residence during the
storm of Wednesday evening.
Brewer e. Penhallegon, proprietors
of the Cash Grocery House, have re-
ceiyed a carload of fine large Missouri
grown water melons.
Sam Sims has a fine new stage
which he will put on the Dodgeville
route in Il week or ten days. 1t will
fill long felt want.
Read the programme of the musical
and literary entertainment to be given
under the auspices of the w. G. II. L.
at the opera house on Friday evening
The ladies of the Alpha Society will
hold lawn sociable at Mrs. Joseph
Opie's next Tuesda y evening. Ice
cream and cake for sale. Come and
spend pleasant evening.
Several of our local exchanges are
advertising pastures containing plenty
of good water, 20 rent. Water is
about all there is to be found in any
of the pastures nowadays.
We have on hand a good stock of
envelopes, letter heads, note heads,
bill heads, statements, etc, which we
are prepared to print on short notice
and at reasonable rates satisfaction
guaranteed.
On Thursday forenoon a bullet sup
posed to be fired by some boy engaged
in shooting at birds in the old Gem
etery, struck q window of Henry
Weise's kitchen. Henry has the bullet
and would like to find the shooter.
J. C. Mickey, of Waldwick, treated
The Democrat Office to "A sack of fine
apples on Tuesday. He says that to-
gether with many of his neighbors he
does not want The Democrat to boast
too much about the fine crops in Valid
wick, for fear the county board will
increase their assessment.
The Democrat has over one thOuS-
and subscribers, and is read weekly
by over five thousand persons. 1t is
therefore an excellent medium through
which to solicit trade. Business men
who are alive to their interests will
not fail to avail themselves of the op-
portunities which the paper offers.
The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul
company has issued a new code OF
rules to go into effect on all divisions
of the road August %. The new cod,
embodieS stringent rule in regard tC
the use Of intoxicating liquors, anC
declares that employees dismissed on
account of drunkenness will not be
re-employed.
The dry season and consequent
scarceness of cash makes it necessary
for purchasers to buy at the very low
est prices that can be obtained. In
ninety-nine eases out of a hundred
business men who advertise literally
sell at low prices. Therefore we ad
wise all to look carefully over the col
umns of The Democrat and to pat
ronize those who solicit trade through
its columns.
The fifth district lodge of the hide
pendent Order of Good Templars
which controls the counties of La Fav
cite, Dane, Grant and Iowa, will hol,
its second annual session on Monda'
and Tuesday Aug. Is and Is. will
Lancaster Lodge No 90, at Lancaster
Grant county. Addresses will be de
livered on Monday evening by Eugen,
W. Chatin, G. c. T., and Mrs J. C
Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio.
d. Jenkins and J. Hoskins, photog
rapherS, have dissolved partnership
and the business will hereafter b
carried on at the old stand over Moi
fett's drug store, by J. Z. Hoskins
He is now in Chicago attending tn
national convention of photographer
and will purchase new ground acces
series, etc, and when he returns vii
be better than ever prepared to d
first class work. Call at the CALLER
and see samples of work.
Homer Sylvester, Geo. Spensley
Fred Spensley, Homer Snow and Mile
Hutchinson, four of our youthful mash
ers, equipped with regular cow-bo
outfit, started on last Monday morn
ing for the Wisconsin valley. on a tw
weeks fishing expedition. 1t is nc
exactly clear to The Democrat tn
kind of fish they are after, and W
have a suspicion that neither the d,
sire TO angle for bull heads. cat fist
black bass or even brook trout woul
be sufficient to keep three of the aboy
party travelling between here an
Spring Green the best part of II
summer. But be that as it may, II
boys have gone with good supply I
ginger bread and summer medicin
and will return rugged, and contente
I p-ith <ha